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WHOSE ON THE TRUST BOARD
Colin Sayers, is Chair of East Brighton Trust who has lived in East Brighton for more than 30 years and worked for Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) in housing for 33 years. During that time he has worked very closely with a number of resident groups and was a director of the Tenant Participation Advisory Service. He was a governor at Whitehawk Junior School and Chair during the amalgamation with the Infant School. He is currently working for BHCC as a Community Warden. His spare time is taken up with playing golf and " watching probably the best football team in the world and looking forward to them coming out onto the new pitch at Falmer on 13 August 2011 for their first game in the Premiership."
Warren Carter is Vice Chair and a resident director who lives in Moulsecoomb. He manages the Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project, is a parent governor at Moulsecoomb Primary School and is on the Moulsecoomb Neighbourhood Trust management committee.
Stephen Vinall is a resident director of the East Brighton Trust who lives in East Brighton. He works for EDF Energy, is a committed Trade Unionist and is GMB Union Convener within his workplace.
Anne Meadows has been ward councillor for Moulsecoomb and Bevendean for over 15 years and in that time has worked with and supported many local groups. Anne is also a school governor at Moulsecoomb Primary School.”
Pete Tyler, is a director who has lived in East Brighton for more than 15 years. Pete is Managing Director of local business Neilson Active Holidays, which employs nearly 150 staff in their marina offices. His business experience is a welcome asset to the Trust and combined with his active involvement in other Brighton business and charity boards; Pete helps cement the Trusts position within the city communities.
John Davey is a director who has lived in Sussex all his life, worked at the Brighton Marina for over 30 years. Was a member of the education and employment steering group for eb4U and was a governor of COMART. Married with adult daughters.
Linda Dever is a resident director who has lived in Whitehawk since 1955 and has worked for BHCC.Linda has four children and seven grandchildren.”
Susan Smith lives in the central Brighton area with her partner and 3 school-aged children. She works part-time as a science technician at a 6th Form College in the city. “I am also an elected member on Sussex Area Committee of the Co-operative Group and aim to bring co-operative values and principles to the East Brighton Trust Board.”
Sean Hambrook is Chief Executive of the Trust and has spent thirteen years in the construction industry delivering large scale (c.£50 million) projects and programmes. He completed an MBA in 2002 specialising in Change Management. Between 2003 and 2007 Sean led one of the largest and most successful New Deal for Communities programmes (eb4U) in England and in 2007 he established East Brighton Trust.
Questions
Isn’t the East Brighton Trust just a new name for eb4U?
No. The New Deal for Communities/eb4U 10 year funding programme has now finished. East Brighton Trust is an independent company limited by guarantee that receives no central government or council funding.
So where does East Brighton Trust get its funding from?
The East Brighton Trust owns and operates the Westergate Business Centre, a shop in Barcombe Road rented to the youth project Safe and Sorted, and a shop at Manor Hill rented out to the Green Centre. Both shops also have flats above let to key workers at affordable rents.
Who looks after these properties?
The Trust pays a facilities manager to look after our buildings on a day to day basis, overall decisions are taken by the Trust Board. Our Chief Executive is the only director that receives a small remuneration for his services, while the other 9 directors are all unpaid volunteers.
How do you support the local community?
We use a percentage of our profits to award small grants of £300 or less to local groups twice a year.So far we have approved 118 applications totalling over £34,000 to community groups in the East Brighton Trust area. We have also given £10,000 to each of the Primary schools in East Brighton (Moulsecoomb, Whitehawk and St.Marks) to help them buy minibuses, and have also awarded money to the Whitehawk Inn and Bridge Community Centre to sponsor their cafes.
Who decides what organizations get grants?
Small grants are awarded by the Grants Committee (a subcommittee of the main Trust Board), that makes the decisions based on community groups meeting our grant criteria (details on our website) and us having enough money to fund everyone. Decisions about who gets the larger grants (over £300) awarded, such as the £10,000 given to each of the Primary schools are taken by the full Trust Board.
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